Total Crime Rate
91.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woolwich Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Bexleyheath , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woolwich Road (DA7 4HS) in the last 12 months was 91.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% lower than the Bexleyheath average (132.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woolwich Road (DA7 4HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 274 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (132 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bexleyheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherbrooke Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonefield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Geddes Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Geddes Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Geddes Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friswell Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Friswell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Friswell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friswell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friswell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friswell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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